Day 52

Well, lots to talk about but let’s start with the obvious:

Ben is gone.

He was a bitch, he was a lover, he was a child, he was a mother, he was a sinner, he was a saint (remind me I owe Meredith Brooks a cheque) but damn it he was good television. I said before that Ben was a people pleaser but more so than anything else he was a self pleaser and I’m not just talking about what he does in the mirror. Ben was lazy at the tasks because to exert effort would mean he cares and he just couldn’t care less. Sweat wasn’t something on his radar because he led a privileged life and didn’t really have to work hard to get anything, so why start now? All he really worried about was whether or not people thought he was a good person because if he was soon positively he could do what he wanted.

Ironically for someone who wanted to be liked by everyone so much Ben got evicted by the public because of his bitchy remarks about the people around him. Ben liked to think that he wasn’t bitchy but honest. The problem with his theory is that it’s only honesty if you say it to the person you’re talking about. When you say it behind their backs, that’s when you are perceived as devious. One particularly bad comment he made this week, which it appears was the last straw, was directed towards Josie. Ben made the very bad judgement of making this comment in the presence on Josie’s reluctant lover John James. Essentially, Ben said “She has been dressing up in more revealing clothes and I don’t think she can get away with that with her figure”. Ouch.

Good bye good sir. I’m sure we’ll see you pop up in the written media somehow. You can’t keep a good dog down, especially when he’s a purebred.

In other news, Dave is a moron

He’s been winding me up more and more as the weeks go by. He thinks he’s hilarious. He thinks he a genius. He thinks a lot of things. He’s wrong all the time. So, here are a few things I would like to say to him to set him straight.

– If you’re doing a task where you have to ignore the distractions in the house, RUNNING UP TO THE DISTRACTIONS AND LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THEM is failing the task.
– Telling Josie she needs to lose weight because she isn’t as skinny as yout wife isn’t a nice thing to say.
– When you’re told to ignore a new housemate in order to pass a task, saying I WONDER IF WE’LL GET A NEW HOUSEMATE IN is neither big nor clever. Shut up.
– You’re a minister? So is it very holy to look up your wife’s skirt on national television? Do you think that’s respectful?
– I don’t care how full your belly is with love, it’s mostly fat so you’ll have to run a hell of a lot faster in the garden to work that shit off.
– Fuck off home now, please.

Walk The Line

Shabby walked.
Caoimhe walked.
Keeley was carried.
John James walked. But walked back in.
Laura walked.

We’ve almost had as many housemates leave as we have had evicted. It’s all getting a little pathetic. I’m all for people removing themselves from bad situations but this year it’s all been whiney, moany, prissy little problems that has everyone leaving.

Shabby couldn’t handle the fact that there was someone in the house she fancied. Caoimhe couldn’t handle the fact that her boyfriend might think she was a bit of a slut. Keeley couldn’t handle the fact that she twisted her ankle (ouch). John James couldn’t handle the fact that he fancied Josie. Laura couldn’t handle the fact that she was still sad after her boyfriend cheated on her (ouch).

Real feelings and body injuries aside, can people not deal with their emotions anymore? It’s been noted that this year the housemates are extremely tactile and cuddly. Hugs are often associated with people needing affirmation and assurance. Are they all so fragile? Is this a magnifying glass on modern society as a whole? It’s hard to tell. Maybe I’m being heartless, but god damn it people, get over it!

– Aaron Poole
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